The 2018–19 Azadegan League was the 28th season of the Azadegan League and 18th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 12 teams from the 2017–18 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League: Siah Jamegan and Naft Tehran and two new teams promoted from the 2017–18 League 2: Karoon Arvand Khorramshahr and Shahin Bushehr both as champions. Navad Urmia replaced Gostaresh Foulad, while Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht replaced Esteghlal Jonoub. Oxin Alborz changed their name into Gol Reyhan. The league started on 10 August 2018 and ended on 30 April 2019. Gol Gohar won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Gol Gohar and Shahin Bushehr promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League. Peyman Ranjbari and Shahriyar Moghanlou were the league's top scorers, with 16 goals each.
Teams Before the start of competition Naft Tehran was relegated to League 2 following financial problems
Stadia and locations
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityAluminium ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000Baadraan TehranTehranKargaran5,000Fajr SepasiShirazHafezieh15,000Gol GoharSirjanGol Gohar Sport Complex3,200Karun ArvandKhorramshahr Khorramshahr Stadium15,000Khooneh be KhoonehBabolHaft-e Tir6,000MalavanBandar-e AnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,430Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Noushabad5,000Navad UrmiaUrmia Shahid Bakeri 15,000Gol Reyhan AlborzKarajEnghelab15,000QashqaiShirazHafezieh15,000Shahin ShahrdariBushehr Shahid Beheshti15,000Shahrdari MahshahrBandar-e MahshahrShohada Mahshahr3,000Shahrdari TabrizTabrizSahand66,833Sorkhpooshan PakdashtPakdashtShahid Dastgerdi8,250
Number of teams by region RegionNumber of teamsTeams1Kerman3Gol Gohar, Mes Kerman, Mes Rafsanjan2Khuzestan2Shahrdari Mahshahr, Karun Arvand3Fars2Fajr Sepasi, Qashqai4Tehran2Baadraan, Sorkhpooshan5Alborz1Gol Reyhan Alborz6Bushehr1Shahin Bushehr7East Azerbaijan1Shahrdari Tabriz8Gilan1Malavan9Markazi1Aluminium Arak10Mazandaran1Khooneh be Khooneh11West Azerbaijan1Navad Urmia
Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerAluminium Arak Faraz Kamalvand Hamed Basiri Yousef JameBaadraan Farhad Kazemi Karim Eslami StartFajr Sepasi Davoud Mahabadi Milad Safaei Olympic SportGol Gohar Vinko BegovićVarious Yousef JameGol Reyhan Mojtaba Hosseini MeroojKarun Arvand Human Afazeli Mohsen Bengar MeroojKhooneh Be Khooneh Akbar Misaghian Reza Nasehi MeroojMalavan Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Pejman Nouri MeroojMes Kerman Farzad Hosseinkhani Farzad Hosseinkhani MeroojMes Rafsanjan Mišo Krstičević Mohsen Varzkar MeroojNavad Urmia Vahid Bayatloo Mohammad Zeynali Yousef JameQashqai Mehdi Farvardin Hadi Khadem Olympic SportShahin Bushehr Abdollah Veisi Milad Saremi Shahrdari Mahshahr Mehdi Pashazadeh Sajjad Ghanavati NahangiShahrdari Tabriz Heydar Jafari Rasoul Pirzadeh Yousef JameSorkhpooshan Mahmoud Fekri Amirhossein Feshangchi Yousef Jame
League table
Naft Tehran and Siah Jamegan refused to attend 2 matches and relegated to 2 lower divisions.
Results
Statistics
Top scorers PositionPlayerClubGoals1 Peyman RanjbariGol Gohar16 Shahriyar MoghanlouMalavan3 Akbar SaghiriMes Rafsanjan144 Farzad MohammadiNavad Urmia105 Mohammad MehriQashqai96 Mehrdad AvakhGol Gohar8 Bahman SalariShahin Bushehr
See also 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League 2018–19 League 2 2018–19 League 3 2018–19 Hazfi Cup 2018 Iranian Super Cup
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